New Glassboro building mixes student, market-rate housing

It bears the Rowan name and is located just off the university’s Glassboro campus, but 220 Rowan Blvd. isn’t all about the students.

While the 316,000-square-foot mixed-use building, which had its ceremonial debut Friday, will house more than 450 students in apartments, its nearly 60 market-rate units offer a broader appeal.

“Everything’s here,” said Robert Taylor, 55, executive director of the Gloucester County Boys and Girls Clubs, who will move into a two-bedroom apartment on the sixth floor on Aug. 13. (“At 2 o’clock,” he happily noted.)

With shops and restaurants popping up along the boulevard – an ongoing $350 million redevelopment project – the area, Taylor said, “has just exploded.” A bonus in moving from Woodbury to the apartment, which will cost about $1,500 monthly with utilities, he said, is that his office on Center Street is a short walk away.